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Japan's 21st Century Vision/ Globalization Working Group Report (April 2005)
Soliciting public opinions Public opinions on Society in 2025 Established by Innovation was solicited through the Cabinet Office website and others from October 27 to December 31, 2006. A total of 385 responses were obtained. Details are available at: http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/innovation/dai5/siryou1-2.pdf 4 Science Council of Japan Proposal (September 2002) 5 Science Council of Japan Statement (April 2005) 6 Science Council of Japan Report The Future Society Envisioned by the Science Community (January 2007) In response to request made by the State Minister (in charge of innovation), Sanae Takaichi, the Science Council of Japan set up the Committee for the Investigation of Innovation Promotion in October 2006, and spent 3 months collecting 2200 voluntary proposals from the members and affiliate members of the Science Council of Japan. 7 Technology Forecast Survey, etc.
A holistic forecast survey on medium- and long-term development of science and technology conducted by the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for two years from FY2003, in which a total of 2500 experts participated. Many other experts contributed to the survey.
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Long and Healthy Lives Strategically prioritized S&T areas Translational and clinical research S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Clinical research and trials for developing new medical care
Translational research from basic research to the practical application of treatments and diagnosis for cancer and diabetes mellitus, etc. Improving clinical research systems in major medical institutions and promoting human resource development (e.g. clinical researchers, biostatsticians) Accelarating the screening of drug candidates by imaging technology to discover pharmacodynamics and molecular funcion of drugs Development of new methods to identify critical disease-related genes and its application to tailormade preventive/therapeutic treatment
Establishment of new medical system to effectively return the benefit of innovative medical technology to the people Establishment of new diagnosis and therepy methods to meet the people's needs
Research on relationship between lifestyles and heredity to elucidate the causes of disease, prevent diseases, and discover drugs
Establishment of new medical system to effectively return the benefit of innovative medical technology to the people Realizing early-diagnitics and advanced therapeutic treatment suitable for the individual's charactaristics
Establishment of easy and less-invasive methods of early diagnotics for malignant mesothelioma to improve patient's QOL Establishment of new therapy for superintractable cancer by utilizing heavy particles R&D on the prevention, Realization of early-diagnitics and advanced diagnosis and treatment of major Clinical tests of heavy particle radiotherapy for therapeutic treatment suitable for the individual's critical diseases (e.g. cancers, developing new cancer treatment protocols charactaristics immunity and allergic disease, Research on the genetic and environmental Ralization of early-diagnosis and advanced lifestyle-related disease, bone factors of lifestyle-related diseases therapeutic treatment for critical diseases (e.g. and joint disease, kidney disease, cancer, diabetes, dimentia) by acceleratinig a and pancreas disease) fusion with nanobiotechnology (by 2020s) Faster examination by upgraded clinical imaging technology and early detection by the visualization of biofunction R&D on the cause and therapy of diseases (e.g. psyco-neurologic disease, sonsory disorder, dimentia, inttractable disease) Establishment of infrastructure arrangement for Establishment of cell therapy and other providing patients with proper therapy options by compliment therapies for neurologic diseases and integrating information on brain science sensory disorders Development of new suiside intervention Elucidation of brain's recognition function and methods to decrease the ratio of suicide and development process recommitment of suicide Environmental arrangement to support the establishment of organ creation and cell therapy Establishment of regeneration technology for the Identification of disease-related genes and regeneration of myocardium or blood vessel elucidation of their functions Realizing regeneration technology to revive the Establishment of generic technologies to suport organ's function (by 2025s) the safety and effectiveness of gene-therapeutic medicines
Life Sciences
R&D to create innovative therapeutic medicine (e.g, regenerative medicine, gene therapy)
Long and Healthy Lives Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Developing medical devices for less-invasive diagnotics and therapy with over ten times increase in sensitivity Integrated research for promoting Development of upgraded molecular imaging bioimaging technology equipments to detect the functional change of cells with high accuracy, sensitivity, and speed for earlier discovery and diagnosis of tumors Discovery and systemization of the principles of life sciences in bio-related informations by utilizing informaton science Development of manipulation technology by information on brain activity obtained by lessinvasive measuring methods manipulation R&D for integrated and technology innovative medical technology by Realization of brain-type information processing utilizing IT and nanotechnology technology Realization of the ultimate brain-machine interface (BMI) that makes objects move by thinking Technology development for new therapeutic methods by drug delivery system Life Sciences
Realization of faster examination by upgraded clinical imaging technology and ealy detection by the visualization of biofunction
Advancing drug discovery process by accelerating researches on disease mechanism, upgrading diagnosis devices, and improving accuracy in the screening of drug candidates Realization of less-invasive, easy and fast therapeutic treatment by infomation integration on diagnosis and therapy (by 2025s) Establishment of early-diagnitics and advanced therapeutic treatment for critical diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, dimentia) by acceleratinig a fusion with nanotechnology (by 2020s)
Realization of faster examination by upgraded clinical imaging technology and ealy detection by Upgrading molecular imaging technology for the visualization of biofunction developing new methods to evaluate the Realization of medical surgery with higher reactivity against remedy and drug efficacy, accuracy by pre-surgery planning and imagepredict the possibility of cancer metastasis, grasp guided surgery R&D of diagnostic or thrapeutic the character of cancer, and diagnose mental Establishment of regeneration technology for the machines for enhancement of diseases regeneration of myocardium or blood vessel QOL Development and commercialization of medical Realization of less-invasive, easy and fast instruments with higher suitability with humantherapeutic treatment by infomation integration functions/tissues by utilizing devices, bio-sensors, on diagnosis and therapy (by 2025s) and other nanotechnologies Realization of regeneration technology to revive the organ's function Accelarating the screening of drug candidates by imaging technology to discover pharmacodynamics and molecular funcion of Advancing drug discovery process by drugs accelerating researches on disease mechanism, Starting disease prediction system by upgrading diagnosis devices, and improving constructing the toxico-genomics database R&D for the accelaration and accuracy in the screening of drug candidates Constructing disease-related protein database efficiency of drug discovery Realization of early-diagnitics and advanced for drug discovery process Development of new vaccines for the diagnosis therapeutic treatment for lifestyle-disease and intractable disease suitable for the individual's and therapy of infectious disease, intractable disease, and other crucial diseases to be tackled charactaristics by government Development of new model animals for drug discovery
Long and Healthy Lives Strategically prioritized S&T areas Targeted therapy and other innovative technologies for cancer therapy Establishment of easy and less-invasive methods of early diagnotics for malignant mesothelioma to improve patient's QOL Establishment of new therapy for super-intractable cancer by utilizing heavy particles Realization of upgrading drug discovery system and advancing cancer prevention/early-diagnosis R&D on the prevention, technology in response to the individual's characteristics diagnosis and treatment of cancer Realization of faster examination by upgraded clinical imaging technology and ealy detection by the visualization of biofunction Realization of early-diagnitics and advanced therapeutic treatment for cancer by acceleratinig a fusion with nanobiotechnology (by 2020s) Molecular recapitulation of the genome program Development of simulation program of cells and living bodies by utlilizing genome analysis data and IT Analysis and identification of the proteins of crucial diseases for Japanese (hypertension, diabates, cancer, dementia, etc) and construction of disease-related protein database to contributes to R&D for drug discovery Structual and functional analysys of unanalyzed proteins by technology development to produce, analyze, and control proteins that are important but have ever been difficult to analyze Molecular recapitulation of the system of life by analyzing interaction among proteins, sugar chains, metabolomes, etc. S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Life Sciences
Elucidating the structure/function/interaction of genome, RNA, proteins, sugarchains and metabolomes
Promotion of the practical use of disease/medication-related genomic and protein analysis for targeting drug discovery, and its prompt and effective clinical application to the realization of revolutionary medical care to provide with new preventive treatment and diagnosis based on scientific knowledge
Elusidating the life's and brain's hardware and softoware by a fusion with IT
Development of brain-machine interface (BMI) that takes information as a system from brain, decodes in real time, and interacts with IT equipments Delopment of brain-type information processing Elucidating brain function and its development technology process to proceed toward the conquest of brain or mental diseases Development of brain-type computers based on brain's information processing system (by 2030's)
Elucidating brain's recognition function (e.g. brain's functions of recognition, emotion, Elucidating higher control system decision, comunication, behavior, the process of aging) of brain and immune systems, Elucidating development process of emotion mental development and communication system, and their and sociality Establishment of new remedy and diagnosis disorders methods with the knowledge of higher control system of immunity
Elucidating brain's function of emotion, recognition and mental disease control Establishment of new immunotherapy for inmmnological/alergic disease control
Long and Healthy Lives Strategically prioritized S&T areas World's leading core robot technologies supporting life at home and in town Establishment of basis for common platform technologies such as structured environmental information technology. Establishment of robot's communication technology. Realization of robots that support human activities at public space and institution. S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Robots supporting life at home and in town
Installation of multifuntional robots supporting life at home and in town (e.g., robots that can cleanse, wash, and help meals and baths) (by about 2025).
Utilization technologies of ubiquitous networks to supplement human ability and to support human life Creation of basic sensing device technologies Creation of basic sensing device technologies for making advanced useful services including for realizing useful services including health and health and medical systems for the safe and medical system for the safe and secure society. secure society.
Development of advanced ubiquitous devices Information and Communications
Ubiquitous security platform
Realization of the system that automatically, effeciently controls the medical information system, and provides informarion such as danger inherent to each person in the hospital, by the secure information system for safety and individual privacy protection.
Next-generation network technologies that can transfer the huge amount of information instantaneously, and can be used conveniently and comfortably, by every one Realization of the environment where terminals and equipments are connected to networks and necessary information are obtained when necessary. Ubiquitous mobility by wireless Realization of technologies that enable us to distribute necessary information continuously under many kinds of situation. networks Realization of ubiquitous network environment by development of technologies in unused frequency bands and by upgrading technologies of effective utlization of frequencies. Contirbution of networks to medical services (remote medical service/ 24-hour monitoring in Realization of sophisticated information medical service). Realization of the environment where terminals processing and transmission technologies with ultra-low energy (by about 2025). and equipments are connected to networks and necessary information are obtained when necessary.
Fusion of technical challenges
Long and Healthy Lives Strategically prioritized S&T areas Security technologies that realize the safest and securest IT society in the world Technology developments for preventing or minimizing damages caused by unknown threat in information systems, software or networks. S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Information and Communications
Sophistication of information security technologies.
Minimizing ratio for people who feel fear of utilizing IT technology.
Management research that conpensates technology and creates more secure infrastructure
Technology developments for preventing or minimizing damages caused by unknown threat in information systems, software or networks.
Minimizing ratio for people who feel fear of utilizing IT technology.
Cutting-edge nano-bio and medical technologies that aim at the realization and integration of very early diagnosis and less invasive treatment.
Development of equipment and treatment for less invasive diagnosis fully using nanotechnology and MEMS technology. Development of equipment to measure genetic information with high sensitivity and high efficiency.
Nanotechnology /Materials
Establishment of management systems to prevent environmental risk. Development of hazardous property evaluation chip for chemical substances, etc.
A Safe and Secure Society Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Production and supply of safe and foods with international competitiveness
Increasing plant's productivity by the systematic understanding of plant's metabolism, physiology, and its environment adoptability
Identifying useful genes and metabolomes of Elucidating metabolism and biochemistry of agricultural plants by analysing their growth, agricultural animals/plants/microorganisms and morphogenesis and response systems to their adoptability to environment environment Development of genomic breeding technology for faster introduction of useful characters Establishment of technologies for producing Application of animal function to the creation synthetic resin, surfactant, and other chemicals by of model animals and technology development utilizing microorganism function to produce useful meterials Establishment of technologies to produce industrial/medical/chemical materials by utlilizing plant's function
Genome research for foods and environment
Technology dvelopment to increase the productivity of agriculture, forestry, and fishing by utilizing robotics and IT Establishment of technologies for the stable Technology development and its production and provision of high-quality foods by Technology development for stable commercialization for the production and production and provision of high- provision of safe and high-quality foods in high utilizing high-techs Technology development of GM plants suitable demand quality foods for developing countries Establishment of technologies to produce functional foods by promoting nutrition science and nutrigenomics useful for the prevention of life-style diseases and health maintainance
Life Sciences
Development of highly-functional foods assured by human tests Establishment of new scientific methods to evaluate the influence of nutrient components Establishment of technologies to procudce R&D of functional foods based on on human body by utilizing gene information Technology development for the functionality functional foods based on scientific evaluation in the scientific evaluation on safety combination with medical science assesment of foods based on neutrigenomics and efficiency e.g. tools, databases) Establishment of technology system for developing scientifically functional foods in high demand (e.g. tiredness, stress, alergy) Commercialization of fast and sensitive examination methods for BSE and food poisoning Technology development to increase R&D for food safety and consumer credibility on the process of food production trust (e.g. food polution control technology, riskreducing technology, traceability) Technology development to identify the cultivar of crops and inspect GM foods Establishment of new risk assesment methods for food safety with high credibility and transparancy based on science Development of new methods to assess the influence of newly-developed GM crops on natural environment Establishment of new risk management system for assuring safety in the process of agricultural production
A Safe and Secure Society Strategically prioritized S&T areas Life Sciences S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Technology development to comercialize high- Development of high-quality/productivity Translational research from basic quality/productivity agricultural products agricultural products/foods and agricultural research to the commercialization materials for medical use by utilizing gene Development of agricultural materials for of food production recombinant technology medical use
Development of the world's leading "Next Generation Super Computer" for science & technologies
Full operation of the Super Computer with the world's top-level calculation speed (by about Development of the Super Computer at the world's top level 2011). for leading science and technology Realization of simulation enabling innovative design of new medicine (by about 2012).
Continuing development program of world's leading Super Computers and promotion of applying component technologies to high performance computers and information appliances (later than about 2012).
Super-minute, low-power, design and processing technologies to go through global competition of next generation semiconductor development
Hyper-fine process technologies for CMOS-LSI
Establishment of the process and material technologies for semiconductor devices that enable the refinement below 45-nm-width level, including high dielectric materials, insulating interlayers of 2.1 dieletcric constants, thin films CVD, EUV lithography's light source and mask, and multilayer (12 layers) wiring.
Restructuring the semiconductor manufacturing industry through joint development of basic technologies at an industrialization stage. Optimum arrangement of management resource in each enterprise and new business model creation.
Innovative technologies for assisting design and development, that overcome present technology saturation from simple devices to LSI and modules .
Realization of high speed and low power devices that enable the refinement below 45nm-width level, including system LSI design over 44 million gates, 98% realization of introducing standard process, and low power and high-efficient semiconductor application chips.
Realization of energy-saving IT utilization, by high-efficient, functional device and design technologies.
Platform for intellectual property rights or efficient use/reuse of design resources
Realization of high speed and low power consumption devices that enable the refinement Realization of design technologies, including power devices, high frequency devices, below 45-nm-width level, including DFM superconducting devices, and high-performance (design for manufacturing) that enables onprocessor chips. process tests, and automatically repair technologies in logic circuits.
A Safe and Secure Society Strategically prioritized S&T areas Core technologies for displays, storages and super-high-speed devices to be at the top-level of the world New storage technologies Highperformance non-volatilization memory and advanced storage technology S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Realization of large capacity, high speed and low power gigabit-class memory and terabit-class storage such as 32 - 64 gigabits class flash memory and super-gigabit class M-RAM.
Realization of high-efficient, functional devices, including power devices, high frequency devices, Realization of low power devices using superconducting devices, and high-performance Future devices advanced optical superconductivity. processor chips. device, post-silicon device, MEMS Realization of optical switching device of the Creation of basic technologies for sensing devices 10Tb/s communication traffic. application, superconducting indispensable for natural and artificial environment Realization of the high-efficient inverter by the devices such as the single flux monitoring, intelligent traffic system, and quantum circuits, and sensors, 10W/cm3-grade power devices. traceability of food distribution. etc. Realization of the high frequency device of Realization of stable all-optical communication 350GHz class. networks with ultra-low power consumption at the increasing communication traffic. World's leading core robot technologies supporting life at home and in town
Robots for saf
and security
Development of integrated medical information systems (robots) for diagnosis and Development of life-rescueing-robots at the spot treatment with low pain and damage to human. of disasters including earthquake or fire and Development of robots collecting information terrorism by biological or chemical weapons (by at the spot of disasters such as earthquake. about 2025). Development of robots keeping an eye on children at the street.
A Safe and Secure Society Strategically prioritized S&T areas Software-development supporting technologies aiming at the world standard Higher-reliable, safer, and more secured embedded software development technology Next-generation network technologies that can transfer the huge amount of information instantaneously, and can be used conveniently and comfortably, by every one Development of network technologies that enable user to obtain necessary information Dynamic-network that can provide freely with the optimum environment and quality. best environment for user Development of sophisticated authentication requirements technologies in time-location information and transmission technologies. Realization of network technologies and environment where users can utilize networks freely and the networks support various kinds of activities of people. Realization of ubiquitous information society where time-location information can be utilized with high accuracy and reliability. Establishments of embedded software development methodologies by formalizing the know-how of the design and development method and adjusting theoretical method to the real systems. S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Cooperative control of among 10 billions terminals
Realization of cooperative control among over 10 billions terminals (RF ID tags, sensors, and home informative electronics), and utilization of recognition results of real world by connecting things one by one.
Dependable secure-networks that adapt to user's requirements
Development of autonomous reconstruction technologies that autonomically recover Realization of quantum communication networks communication routes broken down by that provide high capacity and security (by about accidents or disasters, address obtaining 2030). technologies in accordance with network structure, and detours reservation technologies.
Utilization technologies of ubiquitous networks to supplement human ability and to support human life Popularization of the social infrastructure where anyone can utilize, at any time, at anywhere, necessary information for the safe and comfortable living including position, geographic information, migration pathway, means of transportation, and the destination.
Ubiquitous network platform to asist creative life
Realization of high-speed and safe platform that makes the global traceability by RFID tags. Establishment of the integrated evaluation technology of the environmental loads and the function / benefit of social systems.
Realization of the cooperative control among more than 10 billion terminals including RFID tags, sensors, and home informative appliances. Real world recognition technology Realization of advanced utilization of RFID tags and sensor networks, etc. for safety ensuring of the child in the school zone and so on.
Development of the integrated sensing technology that rapidly and accurately detects and transmits them quickly danger and threat to the social safety and security including natural disaster, and the man-caused damage.
Ubiquitous-oriented network development
Realization of seamless traceability systems covering production, distribution and consumption, that utilize ubiquitous network technologies such as RFID tags.
Development of advanced ubiquitous devices
Creation of basic technologies for sensing devices Strengthening industrial competitiveness and indispensable for natural/artificial environment realizing the ubiquitous network society by distributing the durable RFID tags that comply monitoring, intelligent transport system, and the traceability of food distribution. with the international standard. Realization of the environment where the home informative appliances connect to the network, communicate in and out of the home, and operate cooperatively. Realization of the system that automatically, efficiently controls the traceability of food production and distribution, and provides danger of the food, by the secure information system for safety and individual privacy protection.
Ubiquitous security platform
Security technologies that realize the safest and securest IT society in the world Technology developments for preventing or Minimizing ratio for IT-related defect on minimizing damages caused by unknown threat infrastructure. in information systems, software or networks.
Sophistication of information security-oriented technologies.
Technology developments for preventing or Management research that Minimizing ratio for IT-related defect on minimizing damages caused by unknown threat conpensates technology and infrastructure. creates more secure infrastructure in information systems, software or networks.
Establishment of international strategies for the monitoring system and the management of toxic metals and other international initiative based on the international activities for regulation of chemical substances by UNEP, etc.. New Methods for predicting a risk using toxicogenomics and QSAR (quatitative structure-activity relationship). Technology suppressing cadmium absorption World-leading risk assessment and risk and storage in rice in accordance with the management technology; evaluation of CODEX standard. the novel materials and international Practical use and generalization of technology corporation. for removing cadmium form the paddy field. Development of basic technology for risk assessment of the pesticide including the environmental transport in atmosphere. Development of transport model of POPs (persistent organic pollutants) in atmosphere and technologies for the regulation based on the POPs treaty. Characterization of nanoparticle and establishment of their risk assessment and management technology.
Environmental Sciences
inimization of human health risk by the chemical substance. Contribution to international regulation and cooperation for the prevention of the environmental pollution, etc., by active participitation to international cooporation for controlling toxic metal in UNEP, etc.. . Establishment of conventional technology for countermeasure to cadmium in main crops in accordance with the CODEX standard. Development and practical use of effective management technology based on risk assessment of the pesticide in the atmosphere and presentation of remedy to multiple chemical sensitivity, etc..
Science and technology for proper Development of socioeconomical analysis popularization of the risk management nethod for the risk trade-off. of chemical substance by humanity Proposal of risk communication based on socioscientific approach. analysis of its current state.
Presentation of materials for scientific judgment based on the comparison of different kind of risks, through cost-benefit analysis of healthimprovement effect.
Nanotechnology/Materials
Development of environmental purification materials with small environmental burden, recyclable materials, innovative structural materials Development of environmental purification and incombustible or refractory materials that can materials with small environmental burden, recyclable materials and innovative structural survive the disaster such as the earthquake and the Innovative nanotechnology and materials that can survive big earthquakes, and fire, and improvement of the technologies to materials technology that support safety improvement of the technologies to inspect, inspect, evaluate, and utilize those materials. and security of life. Development of technology to stably include evaluate, and utilize those materials. Elucidation of physicochemical property and functional ingredients in food without affecting intestinal absorption properties of nanoparticles flavor, and the development of the technology of design, manufacturing and application of microof foods., etc. and nano-particle for the purpose of the efficient absorption of functional ingredient, etc. Establishment of evaluation method and Establishment of evaluation method and management method for properties and risks of management method for properties and risks of nanoparticles. nanoparticles.
R & D for the social acceptance of the nanotechnology. Land monitoring and management for disaster mitigation
Advanced earthquake observation technology
Construction of the network system to observe the Tonankai Earthquake and tsunami Improvement in accuracy on prediction of earquakes caused by plate subduction dynamics, etc. Improvement in accuracy on prediction of earthquakes caused by fault activity, etc. Improvement of the network and data center to observe earthquakes Development of non-contact type displacement measurement systems and detection technology for the earth crust change with time, etc. in order to improve the observation and analysis of earthquakes Reconstruction of the centralized data processing system for Construction of the network system to observe the supersensitive seismograph data Nankai earthquake and tsunami Upgrading of the GPS continuous observation network (GEONET), and investigation on mechanisms of earthquake Construction of the Asia-Pacific seismographic and volcanic activities to improve their predictions network Execution of large-scale simulations to investige the Improvement in accuracy of prediction on nearearthquake occurrence mechanism in which rock fractures field earthquakes under the capital area, etc. grow to plate destruction, etc. Construction of the earthquake hazard station which integrates strong-motion earthquake observation, underground structure modeling, and advanced simulations Development of numerical models of earthquake crust acitivity, and simulation model for its prediction Improvement of the GIS database on active faults, etc. Accurate observation of seismic activity in sea area Inprovement of the Multi-disciplinary Ocean Bottom Observation System to observe marine earthquake in real-time, etc.
Social Infrastructure
A Safe and Secure Society Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan Verification of the high accuracy positioning experiment system using the Quasi-Zenith satellite system, Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), etc. Developement of a concept and elemental technology for an unmanned aircraft system to collect and provide disaster information Development of land monitoring and advanced image processing technologies for disaster mitigation S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Technology to use disaster monitoring satellites
Construction of a satellite monitoring and observating system Collection and provision of on-site accident information by the unmanned aircraft system
A Safe and Secure Society Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 S&T goals after 2011 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan After 4th S&T Basic Plan Execution of full scale vibration experiements for various structures to improve understanding the relationship between load applied by earthquakes and deformation in the structures Development of economical and effective repairs and reinforcement for highway bridges, river structures, etc. Development of erosion-free and earthquakeproof farm pond structure using geomembrane,etc. Development of river flow forecasting and flood prediction in nearly real-time Development of water management such as timely refuge, flexible dam management, etc. Development of a structural simulation to track Proposal of design and construction methods of highily earthquake-resistant structures ulimate states with high accuracy Improvement of earthquake-resistant designs to Evaluation of damping devices in a tall cope with uncertainty in seismic load estimation building, etc. Development of design and construction methods Evaluation of long-period vibration effect on on durability-enhanced water facilities harbor and airport facilities Development of earthquake response simulation Development of practicable and reasonable in virtual space with a super computer seismic retrofits for residential houses and a Development of upgrading technology for highDevelopment of construction systems with rise buildings, etc. automatic drilling equipment Upgrading automated and measuring function Advancement of measurement and automation in cnstrution, structuralization of environmental of construction equipments to improve safety information, and realization of construction with and productivity in construction site Practical use of nondestructive examinations information technology such as automatic construction robots of frequency and damping in order to Promotion of disaster prevention countermeasures investigate structures by facilitating mutual understanding between local Establishment of structural analysis with 10s centi-meter accuracy for railway structures with residents and authorities using simulations Improvement of outdoor tank safety against longvariable ground conditions period seismic vibration using the retrofit to be Development of a three-dimensional tsunami numerical model and development of a three- developed based on the vibration experiments for floating roofs dimensional tsunami simulator to estimate tsunami damage Development of a evacuation simulator for tsunami and evaluation of disaster mitigation for coastal zone facilities. Development of a retrofit standard on floating tanks, based on experiments of floating roofs in real scale For landslide disaster, improvement of prediction, and real-time damage estimation, data accumulation of large-scale experiments, and verification of numerical models
Technology to quickly promote disaster mitigation
Integrated management for land preservation
Dynamic prediction for the whole quicksand system Use of the soil generated in construction for construction materials Establishment of quantitative prediction of soil Development of measuring technology for and sand transfer for the whole watershed system. microorganism, etc. in environmental water and sewage, and understanding of water pollution Development of soil and sand management to Development of indicators for land maintenance preserve land from erosion, etc., and also to function by developing effect evaluating models for decrease unnecessary deposite of silt water-retentive of soil, etc. in a watershed category Development of an information collecting system from forests to farmland and cities for nutritive salt in the watershed and a watershed Construction of water supply and quality models to database system evaluate soundness of the hydrologic cycle Quantitative determination of farmland and forest Development of resource utilization method for management goals in the watershed considering maintenance, recovery and improvement of the geology, soil and weather conditions. circulatory system Evaluation of the runoff load of nutritive salts from Development of hydrologic cycle system upstreams, and the dynamic phase in lower current management which includes resource use, aqueous areas environment maintenance, cooperation of upper Investigation, analysis, and evaluation for river and down stream facilities in water use, etc. ecosystem and biodiversity Determination of watershed management Development of environmental evaluating scenarios for nutritive salt drain considering technology for the integrated effect of natural regional economy. regeneration from river basin to coastal zone Development of a management system to maintain Monitoring of water interception sheets for solid and create natural environment for urban areas waste disposal sites of sea-based type, etc. Understanding of the mechanism and development of including human activity, unit water system areas, extension and diffusion in the synoptic-scale and coastal zones Grasp of the effect of climatic variations, etc. on transition of land utilization, etc. and proposal of load use alternatives when its condition changes
Disaster mitigation technology featuring social science
Establishment of snow and ice disaster prediction in a few days advance with space resolution of about one square kilo meter Development of advanced numerical models for regional precipitation prediction Establishment of more accurate prediction of typhoon and local heavy rain in 72 hours advance by completing the simulation code integrating non-static Development of prediction for snow and ice force, whole globe, region, atmosphere, ocean and disaster with 1 kilo meter space resolution to land plane elements create a snowstorm and avalanche hazard map Mechanism elucidation and prediction of local and Establishment of more accurate prediction for remarkable phenomena such as urban local heavy urban local heavy rain and its damage rains Development of time and place prediction for Development of a real-time wave observating information system landslide disaster Estimation of landslide disaster occurrence Development of a selecting and site planning probability caused by heavy rain, earthquake, etc. method of disaster management facilities using Development of predicting models, laser geomorphic underground structure monitoring analysis, and the labor saving type three-dimensional Safety evaluation of steel work facilities and electrical search method for gravel flows caused by establishment and practical application of their mountain decay, landslide etc. safety evaluation technology Improvement of weak point detection of embankment with the advanced integrated geophysical exploration Proposal of effective and economical flood countermeasures Development of integrated evaluation for a safety standard of various dangerous facilities Development of fundamental technology on safety m
A Safe and Secure Society Strategically prioritized S&T areas New technology to support on-site activities for rescue and damage control Evaluation of effect of natural disasters and terrorisms, etc. on international traffic, and construction of a risk management system for international traffic infrastructure Development of an emergency and alternative transportation support system Development of the advanced saving equipment to accelerate rescue operations in fires Development of quick exploration for survivors hidden in debris Establishment of evaluation of fire-fightingprotective clothing with nanotechnology for heat resistance, comfortability, kinematical performance, etc. Development of a support and communication network system for national and local authority to support effective disaster prevention in a large-scale earthquake, etc. Understanding the fires in special facilities, environment and causes, and establishment of measures to extinguish them Development of evaluating technology of new hazardous materials and chemical substances to elucidate their risk of fire and explosion Development of a route optimizating and volume estimating system for the land and sea transportation considering support goods estimation for disaster situation Construction of a standard crisis management system to manage organizations facing disasters Rapid improvement of disaster prevention by the cooperation of local authorities, universities, research institutes, etc. Development of a disaster risk evaluating system by integrating hazard and risk infromation provided by research institutes and municipalities Execution of full scale vibration experiments to establish a stratergy for an earthquake-proof medical system, composed of man-machine interface, including building, lifeline, medical instrument, and human beings Development of an economical tunnel structure design for shield method considering ground property of deep underground S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Technology for reinforcement of on-site rescue efforts
Construction of a risk management system of the international traffic infrastracture to drastically reduce various risk. and to ensure the international reliability Practical application of extinguishing methods for special fires, etc. Practical application of fire fighter support equipments to enhance safety and/or to reduce load
On-site detechtion technology of hazardous materials
Development of detection technology of new Development of quick detection technology in explosives public facilities and/or border contols Development of on-site detection technology Development of on-site detection sysytems of of chemical warfare agents and biological toxins chemical warfare agents and biological toxins in Development of detection technology of a survice pathogenic organism of CDC category AB Development of information security systems to Development of real-time detection equipment gather, fuse and analyze about chemical terrorism of concealed hazardous materials in containers
Crime prevention technology
Improvement of investigation support technology to use the criminal profiling and/or GIS Development of a facial indetification model of criminals and/or suspects by physiognomic comparison featuring a 3-D face database Development of DNA profiling systems Identification of concealed drug and explosives by means of the THz wave technology Development of security technology for children in school and/or school zones
Development of new crime prevention technology sytems Development of non-destructive detection equipment for concealed drug and/or explosives Development of new technology for child position conformation, suspicious character recognition, and hazardous material detection
Renewal technology of social capital and city coping with largescale renewal needs, population decline, and aging society Development of new technology for inspection, diagnosis and the prediction of deterioration Development of technology and management for building perfomance using objective indicators Development of new materials to reduce life cycle cost (LCC) , and development of tools to determine the optimum repair time and methods Development of construction system which increases earthquake resistance and high variability, and the development of evaluation and confirmation method which enables the improvement in the function of existing buildings etc. Survey on actual situation of sewerage management, factorial analysis of maintenance, and development of evaluation indicator and non-destructive method to estimate damage and deterioration
Innovative technology of social capital management
Sophistication of inspectng method with sensors etc., and development of preventive maintenance and management method to improve facility safety Development of technology which ensures structural performance and optimizes life cycle cost Establishment of efficient maintenance and management method for sewage pipe facilities based on objective business indicators
A Safe and Secure Society Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 S&T goals after 2011 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan After 4th S&T Basic Plan Development of evaluating method of region planning and building design with respect to crime prevention Development of safety and security database including accident information Development of planning and design guideline of buildings and regions with comprehensive safety and security functions, using the Universal Design approach
Renewal technology of urban environment
New traffic and transport system technology which fits for future society Technological demonstration of low-cost, domestic aeronautical electronic equipment realizing high-density, all-weather flight operation system Development of conflict detection method with downlinked aircraft parameter, and the technology which effectively offers various information to pilots and flight operators Demonstrative experiment of driving safety support systems (DSSS) in the public road of Completion of safe flight system which enables specified areas in co-operation with government solitary-island commuter and emergency flights, and private organization, and quantitative etc. even at bad weather evaluation of DSSS on effect of reduction of Development of technology which properly traffic accidents maintains separation between aircrafts Development of system which detects driver's Nationwide development of driving safety support physical and mental condition during driving system, especially in the area where traffic and judges the deviation from the normal accidents frequently happen operation, and development of an appropriate driving support system Experimental examination of relation between the mechanism of traffic accidents and human error with the environment of road and roadside, and proposal of effective countermeasures for the prevention of accidents etc. Development of evaluation system for road traffic environment based on knowledge and judg
Advanced, preventive safety technology for traffic and transportation
Enhancement of satellite technology for high reliability and sophiscated function Frontier Fundamental satellite technology for disaster countermeasure and crisis management Execution of demonstrative experiments of the disaster countermeasure technology using satellite communication network, and the development of satellite communication technology for mobile phones
Society with Diverse Work Styles Strategically prioritized S&T areas Development of the world's leading "Next Generation Super Computer" for science & technologies Technologies for obtaining required Preparation and utilization of the intellectual infrastructure at the world's top level to information at proper cost by consider user's convenience. accessing networks Development of the highly-talented human resources who play key roles in the next generation information and communications technology Distribution of assisting creative technologies for visual contents. Realizing automatic accumulation and storing technologies for know-hows and knowledges in contents creation, and technologies for analysis and making rules of them. S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Development of creative highlytalented human resources
Establishment of the next generation Establishing human resource development systems for leading business leaders who open-architechture and its have professional skills required for world's leading software engineers and can quickly development basis that enables response to social and changes. problem-solving, internationally competitive international services Core technologies for displays, storages and super-high-speed devices to be at the top-level of the world Realization of energy-saving IT utilization, by high-efficient network equipments, devices, and functional devices utilizing Realization of optical switching device for electrical and optical technologies. Communication and network devices Realization of stable all-optical the 10Tb/s class communication traffic. communication networks with ultra-low power consumption when communication traffic increases more and more. World's leading core robot technologies supporting life at home and in town Establishment of basis for common platform technologies such as structured Installation of multifuntional robots environmental information technology. supporting life at home and in town (e.g., Establishment of robot's communication robots that can cleanse, wash, and help technology. meals and baths) (by about 2025). Realization of robots that support human activities at public space and institution. Development of transfer systems enabling Realization of transfer systems moving on to move on the road and in the park easily. the road and in the park easily.
Robots supporting life at home and in town
Robots for safe and comfortable
Society with Diverse Work Styles Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan Realization of robots as friendly human interface at the operation of various equipments. Establishment of common platform technology and distributing it toward the world. Realization of robots alternative to all sorts of service workers.
Establishment of basics of robot Communication robots that provide technology as human interface at the smooth and intuitional coversation operation of various instruments. Realization of robots supporting human motion and work by their own control of cleaning, guarding, guiding, checking or conveying at public space and institution. Establishing of basics of common platform technologies. Establishment of basis of common platform technologies including high performance viewing systems and manipulators. Development of basic element technologies and system including sophisticated recognition and control of voice and image.
RT system cooperated integration technology
Sophisticated technologies of RT module
Accelaration of robots' development by establishment and distribution of common platform technologies including highly reliable viewing systems and manipulators with high performance.
Interaction technologies between Establishment of safe contact technologies Realization of human-friendly human and robot (science and communication technologies by robots. between robots and humans. technology at human-robot interface) Software-development supporting technologies aiming at the world standard
Higher-reliable, safer, and more secure embedded software development technology
Establishments of embedded software development methodologies by formalizing the know-how of the design and development method and adjusting theoretical method to the real systems.
Content creation technologies and information utilizing technologies that enable us to share emotion with people all over the world Establishment of non-verval communication recognition technology. Establishment of multi-language speech recognition-synthesis technology, and natural language semantics analysis technology. Development of user friendly human interface for multi-language speech and so on. Realization of standard-conversation-level multi-language imterpretation.
Realization of multi-international super communication
Society with Diverse Work Styles Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Realization of brain-based "enhanced" human interface
Establishment of basic technology of brain Development of primitive communication data decoding analysys for brain system using brain information. information and communication.
Next-generation network technologies that can transfer the huge amount of information instantaneously, and can be used conveniently and comfortably, by every one Establishment of technologies toward realization of photo-electronic routers with Realization of stable all-optical High-speed, capacity, and low-power 100 Tb/s class. communication networks with the ultra-low network that can transmit super Establishment of control/management power even in communication traffic that high-quality visual contents flexibly technologies of photonic paths. increases more and more. Establishment of assurance technologies of links. Information communication networks that enable wide users to utilize them easily Utilization technologies of ubiquitous networks to supplement human ability and to support human life Establishment of elemental technologies including control and management techniques for sensor networks, and management of real-time huge amount of data. Construction of service infrastructure for selecting/coordinating several services freely among millions of services including one-time application of automatically coordinating number of administrative procedures.
Real world recognition technology Renewal technology of social capital and city coping with large-scale renewal needs, population decline, and aging society
Social Infrastracture
Renewal technology of urban environment
Development of prediction and evaluation of depopulation impact on city activities Development of building renovation methods etc. Development of quantification methods of the efficiency and effect of regional planning
Development of basic information system for urban restructuring design Development of effective and efficient manegement methods of public facilities from the viewponit of regional management
Society with Diverse Work Styles Strategically prioritized S&T areas New traffic and transport system technology which fits for future society Development of technology for fuel consumption reduction by 20%, direct operating cost reduction by 10 to 20%, etc. compared with those of the existing airplanes, and demonstration of the technology with experimental models Development of engines to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 exhaust by 10% to those of exsting models, and to reduce noise by 20 dB against the current ICAO regulation, and NOx reduction by 50% to those of existing engines Development of advanced technology of low-cost composite materials and aerodynamic optimization, etc., and application to the practical design Development of an airframe design to reduce the sonic boom of supersonic transport by half Establishment of basic structural technology at the level of laboratory material test considering economical and environmental aspects, etc. Development of noise reduction and allweather-flight technology etc. for rotatorcrafts Development of elemental technology of V/STOL aircraft Establishment of basic technology on carbon fiber composite materials at the level of laboratory material test Establishment of aircraft equipment technology such as flight control system and electronic-control actuator system S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Domestic production technology of aircraft satisfying new demand
Development and deployment of the first civilian jet plane and engine to which domestic companies mainly contribute Acquisition of advanced technology for Japan to independently participate in the international joint development of the supersonic transport Development of Japan-originated advanced technology on the local use type aircraft Application of elemental technologies such as the developed composite materials and systems to the machinery and material of next principal aircrafts
Social Infrastracture
Society that Contributes Significantly to Resolving Global Environmental Issues Strategically prioritized S&T areas Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases Realization of revolutionary medical care by R&D on new dianosis/remedy methods for infectious diease, intracable disease, and other critical diseases Building domestic and international networks for rapid informationgathering/shareing on infectious disease Development of new methods for the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases to prepare proper health cares for the nation Technology development for the prevention or easy and quick diagnosis of BSE, bird flu, and other major livestock infectious diseases S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
R&D for the prevention, diagnosis, and remedy of infectious disease
Application of bio-function to new material production and environmental protection Establishment of technologies for producing synthetic resin, surfactant, and other chemicals by utilizing microorganism function Establishment of technologies to produce industrial/medical/chemical materials by utlilizing plant's function by 2020)
Applying bio-function to the production of useful materials
Development of gene recombinant or culturing technology for the production of useful materials by utilizing microorganism, animals, and plants
Applying bio-function to the development of eco-friendly technology
Development of 'super trees' for environment protection Technology development of soil fertilization and crop protection by utilizing bio-function Development of higher degradative/disposal Technology development for bio-mediation technology of waste and contaminant by and the control of plant's chemical-absorption microorganism functions (by 2020) of harmful chemicals in environment Developing basic technologies to promote Technology development to produce organic agriculture evvironmentally-tolerant crops by utilizing genomic breeding Development of new methods to analyze the diversity of soil organisms
Life Sciences
National Life Science Database Establishment of technologies for producing synthetic resin, surfactant, and other chemicals by utilizing microorganism function Establishment of technologies to produce industrial/medical/chemical materials by searching and collecting useful genes of organic groups in environment
Discovery and collection of useful genes by Discovery and collection of useful meta- and individual- genome analysis of genes by meta- and individualorganisms in oceanic invertebrates genome analysis of organisms in Constructing library collections useful for various environments useful material production
Preservation and maintainance of bio-resource
Establishment of sysrems to collect and provide approximately 70,000 strains of microorganisms useful for industry Maintaining Japan's bio-resources (incl. samples from living organisms) as the world's best Development of standarzation technology, search technology, and other information technologies to integrate databases of life sciences Construction of integrated database of genome information, genetic resource data, medical information, and other data to be integrated
R&D to establish an integrated life science database
Society that Contributes Significantly to Resolving Global Environmental Issues Strategically prioritized S&T areas Life Sciences S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
R&D on standardization in life sciences
R&D to standardize measuring technology and the discovery of standard materials for biomolecules
Development of the world's leading "Next Generation Super Computer" for science & technologies Full operation of the Super Computer with the world's top-level calculation speed (by Development of the Super Computer about 2011). at the world's top level for leading Realization of simulation enabling science and technology innovative design of new medicine (by about 2012). Processor systems with high performance and low power consumption toward sustainable generation of highly value-added products Information and Communications Continuing development program of world's leading Super Computers and promotion of applying component technologies to high performance computers and information appliances (later than about 2012).
Realization of the products utilizations of Development of internationally competitive developped processor-style technologies by processor system technologies with low applying these technologies in the highly valuepower, high performance and high application added parts like home information applications in productivity at the world's top level. the major business sector.
Super-minute, low-power, and design and processing technologies to go through global competition of next generation semiconductor development Realization of energy-saving IT utilization, by high-efficient, functional device and design technologies including power devices, high frequency devices, superconducting devices, and high-performance processor chips. Realization of high performance and highly functional home informative appliances like portable informative appliances by developing ultra-low power technologies.
Low power technology from devices to the system
Realization of high-speed and low power devices as the bases of the most advanced energy-saving society utilizing information and communications technology, by the establishment of the semiconductor process and material technologies that enable the refinement below 45-nm-width level.
World's leading core robot technologies for supporting life at home and in town
Robot for advanced manufacturing
Robot-based cell production system with higher performance and lower cost. Development of robot's skill technology inheritated Japan's manufacturing technique of measurement and creation with meister's precision.
Trasferring robot-based cell fabrication systems into small companies. Transferring Japan's manufactiring technique in measurement and creation with meister's precision to people and digital tools.
Society that Contributes Significantly to Resolving Global Environmental Issues Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan Development of dual-frenquency precipitation radar for the main satellite for the global precipitation measurement plan (GPM) and ground and aircraft demonstrating ryder system for the high-precise observation of the greenhouse effect gas. Demonstration of cloud radar technology for the observation of three-dimensional structure and life time of cloud board on EarthCARE satelite. Clarification of carbon balance and distribution in one to several hundred km scale by improving the accuracy of greenhouse effect gas observation satellite. Providing reliable prediction result on local climate change and change of extreme phenomena such as heavy rain, by analysizing experimental result by high resolution climate model. Detection of changes in extreme event caused by global warming, and validation of their reproducibility in climate modeling.. Development of earth system model for global warming prediction adopted mass transport process of carbon cycle, etc. and the precise regional model of 4 km-horizontal resolution. S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan Improvement of accuracy of the greenhouse effect gas observation from satellites, by establishing comparative approach of observation data between spaceborne sensors and ground sensors such as GOSAT Contribution to effert of making climate model more accurate by observation data of the EarthCARE satellite. Contribution to knowledge integration by the IPCC ( Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ) and international promotion of the global warming countermeasure by quantitative evaluation and validation of carbon dioxide discharge inventory of each country.
Science and technology for comprehensive observation system of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and others, by space satellite
Science and technology for accurate prediction of climate change in the 21st century by using supercomputer to be prepared for the post-Kyoto protocol.
Offer of result by prediction research as the stochastic expression considering the uncertainty of the natural variation by the analysis of the result of ensemble experiment for about 30 years in come by high resolution climate model.
Development of simulation model for the design of de-warming society vision, and proposing of qualitatively and quantitatively Science and technology for prospective desirable future vision. estimation of risk of global warming and Development of model to study possible design of the de-warming society. road-map to de-warming society, and reserch policy and technological option using the model.
Construction of vision scenario by policy evaluation model enabling integrated evaluation of the warming countermeasures. Defining reduction options and their action plan for post-first commitment period of Kyoto protocol and long-term.
Biomass utilization technology that maches the region for efficient energy exploitation.
Developement of bio-ethanol production technology from wood with over 70% yield, resulting in cost reduction and competitiveness with the fossil fuel. Development of optimum resources circulation and biomass energy utilization system in the region
Development of highly efficient bio-ethanol production technology by the introduction of novel crops with the high biomass quantity, utilizing the results such as genome research and using whole crop including ligno-cellulosics material such as wood and rice straw. Reduction in the manufacturing cost of the bioplastic. Establishment of technical basis in the energy or material production from waste and biomass and contribution for promotion of the utilization. Development of efficient collection, transportation and storage system suitable to the biomass resource and utilization area.
Society that Contributes Significantly to Resolving Global Environmental Issues Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals after 2011 S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan After 4th S&T Basic Plan For international competitiveness; Developement of technology for eliminating the recycling inhibitor in design and production process of the product; Construction of advanced product 3R system Developement of technology for recovery of utilizing environmently conscious product rare metals dispersed in the product in lowMaterial utilization and toxic substance information. concentration; and Developement of reuse management technology coping to Construction of technology system and proper and recycling technology for fuel cell with international trade of the waste materials. expectation of increase in future demand and management network for proper resources alternative technology of precious metal in the circulation in the Asia region. catalyst. Studying actual condition of the resources circulation and proposing suitable technology system in developing country. Contribution for accuracy improvement of prediction model of urban weather, and Development of DDR(Dual-frequency development of monitoring technology for speed Precipitation Rader) for GPM (Global and direction of window in the sky over city, Precipitation Measurement) core satellite, precisely and three-dimensionally remote censing technology for high density Dissemination of environmental information to 3D monitoring in near ground and atomosphere, and monitoring data process and support decision making by governments and to improve the quality of the life of people through distribution system at near real time accuracy improvement of monitoring data and Development of scenario and criteria for Science and technology for establishing policy evaluation to preserve river basin prediction technique. sound water-cycle and human and natural environment, and integrated coastal Provision of policy evaluation tool for symbiosis society implementation of effective anti heat-island environmental management plan on the measures by central government, municipal assumption of the changing ecosystem Development of urban planning techniques government and private companies, development of urban planning techniques for implementation such as simulation of preservation and/or of comprehensive anti heat- island measure and networking of green fields and water areas, regional air conditioning, water - absorptive the contribution to the reduction of CO2 emission. Development of monitoring technology for water pavement etc for anti-heat island in urban area and its contribution to reduction of CO2 and material cycle, and data sharing system Development of comprehensive coastal emission. environmental management
Society that Contributes Significantly to Resolving Global Environmental Issues Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan Construction and development of information infrastructure for making senario of sustainable development while considering changes in population and land use pattern and their environmental impacts through construction of database system for managing ecosytem. Development of environment preservationreproduction-creation-management system in urban area toward creating ecological network at national level. Development of resource management model for sustainable use of aquatic living resources Development of technology for preservation, reproduction, creation and management of green field in urban area, including creation of water and green networks and measurement for alien species
Construction of database system for integrating data obtained by monitoring of ecosystem and material-cycle, and offer of Science and technology for accurate global distribution of plants on land in the monitoring, preservation and mitigation of scale of 10 m. ecosystem Clarification of spread and individual groups activities of alien species and development of technology for anti-spread measure for alien species
Science and technology for accurate evaluation of total life cycle of the product and design of production and consumption system suitable for 3R.
Development of technique for indicating the Establishment of technique for planning various effect and the cost comprehensibly for various resources circulation systems: topographical type; recycling such as material recycling, chemical collaborative type of wide region; core base type; recycling and thermal recovery, etc. in LCA and international type by MFA,LCA, etc.. or simple index.
Development of materials technology to enable energy use including high efficiency Innovative materials technology that fuel cell, equipment utilizing enables significant cost reduction of clean superconductivity technology, and energy. thermoelectric generation technology to use waste heat, etc. Innovative technology of alternative materials for scarce resources and Development of alternative technology to insufficient resources that will contribute substitute the functions concerning rare significantly to the solution of resource metals. problems. Establishment of elemental technology that enables the measurement in all kinds of environments including the solution, and that also enables measurement of actual time and rapid measurement, in the metrology of Cutting-edge metrological and processing properties and functions. technologies in the nano area. Establishment of elemental technology that enable the measurement, analysis, and operation on the surface and inside cells and the measurement of nano structures and components within materials and devices.
Improvement of the performance of fuel-cell vehicle. Practical application of equipment utilizing superconductivity technology in the fields of energy and power, etc.
Nanotechnology/Materials
Development of alternative technology to substitute the functions concerning rare metals.
Establishment of elemental technology that enables the measurement in all kinds of environments including the solution, and that also enables measurement of actual time and rapid measurement, in the metrology of properties and functions. Establishment of elemental technology that enable the measurement, analysis, and operation on the surface and inside cells and the measurement of nano structures and components within materials and devices.
Society that Contributes Significantly to Resolving Global Environmental Issues Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
System technology that realizes high energy-efficient city by the surficial utilization of the energy
Development of simulation technique that evaluates optimum thermal energy utilization system, and technology development of the Introduction and practical application of direct dumping of building waste heat in the developed thermal energy system in a part of city sewerage, and development of the prototype of small-scale and expandable thermal energy utilization system Development of the environment performance evaluation technique applicable to city block and individual house and development of the technology for nondistructive evaluation of the thermal insulation performance of existing housing stock Realization of the high-efficient inverter that realizes considerable energy saving, etc, and development of semiconductor application chip technology and high-speed low power consumption device contributing to the upgrading and higher energy-efficient of home information device (multifunctionalization, etc )
Advanced housing- and building-related technology that realize energy-efficient life
Technology development for energy saving of housing and building, including the natural energy utilization performance enhancement of heat insulating material, and energy management system for housing and building
Advanced high-performance multipurpose device technology that realizes the convenient and rich energy saving society.
Technology development of efficiency upgrading, function enhancement, high integration, systematization, capacity enlargement of devices such as the semiconductor, etc
Energy
Innovative material manufacturing process technology that realizes the ultimate energy saving factory
Achievement of elemental technology of the environmental harmony type chemical process technology using high-efficient oxidation catalyst, etc. and achievement of the Practical application of high-speed and low-cost combination material technology technology for the production of the flexible Development of materials and roll-to-roll device by novel, roll-to-roll fabrication process fabrication technology for flexible display Development of the generic technology of energy-saving-type steel production technology such as reformative iron manufacture process technology Technology development for miniaturization and performance enhancement of the lithium ion battery and advanced orientation Performance improvement and development of technique of the single walled carbon the technology that contributes to cost reduction nanotube and achievement of the mass of the lithium ion battery production technology. Development of the electric double layer capacitor with high energy density and durability. Reduction of the manufacturing cost of the GTL and development of the utilization equipment that contribute to introduction of gaseous energy source
Innovative core technology of the new generation vehicle that does not require the petroleum.
Achievement of GTL (naphtha, kerosene, Most advanced manufacturing technology diesel oil, and other synthetic oil made of of Gas to liquid(GTL) for the automobile natural gas, etc as substitute for petroleum ) that replaces the petroleum manufacturing technology at commercial scale
Society that Contributes Significantly to Resolving Global Environmental Issues Strategically prioritized S&T areas S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan Technology development for further reduced cost, high durablity and enhanced function of fuelcell vehicle, stationary fuel-cell and hydrogen supply system Demonstration of sophisticated hydrogen utilization technology that utilized the region of resources.
Establishment of safety measures of hydrogen supply facilities, etc Advanced fuel cell system and safe, Technology development for reduced cost, innovative hydrogen storage and transport high durablity and enhanced function of fueltechnology cell vehicle, stationary fuel-cell and hydrogen supply system
Innovative technology for high-efficiency Improvement in the economical efficiency of solar photovoltaic generation by technology and reduced cost of solar photovoltaic development and demonstration for higher efficiency, and reduced cost generation to penetrate global market Achievement of SMES Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage) system that achieves cost reduction and higher reliability Realization of further performance enhancement enhancement.Development of generic High-performance electric power storage technologies such as capacity enlargement by of SMES that utilized yttrium system wire rod technology that overcomes the constraint with the aim of commercial introduction of 10's to yttrium system wire rod, etc. and highof utility form and power supply 100's kWh scale, etc. performance coil. Development of the electric double layer capacitor of high energy density and high durability Establishing high-efficiency coalgasification generation technology through demonstrating integrated coal gasification combined cycle(IGCC)
Energy
World-leading clean, high-efficient coal gasification technology
Achievement of coal gasification technology that contributes to the promotion of the clean and high-efficient utilization of the coal
Selection of next-generation reactor Practical application technology of the technology with high economic efficiency and Establishing next-generation light water reactor next generation light water reactor that is safety, and competitiveness in world market technology with high economic efficiency and excellent in safety and economically safety, and competitiveness in world market Development of mid-to long-term RD efficient and spreads through the world strategy of the reactor type Scientific research to the middle depth in two underground research laboratories (Horonobe, Mizunami) with different geology. Systematization as a knowledge base Consolidation of technology base necessary for that supports disposal business and safety disposal business and safety regulation through regulation. start of disposal operation Presentation of feasibility of engineering technology including quality and performance og production and construction of the artificial barrier.
Geological disposal technology indispensable to disposal of high-level radioactive wastes
Fast breeder reactor (FBR) cycle technology that ensures long-term stable supply of energy
Energy
Verificating of FBR system technology by Defining innovative technology to be applied achieving expected purposes such as to commercial FBR cycle facilities ( reactor, demonstration of the reliability as power plant and achievement of the sodium handling technology and fuel cycle ) on Monju Conceptual design of whole plant of Presentation of vision and research and commercial FBR cycle development program for commercialization of Small-scale demonstration of MOX fuel FBR cycle that is competitive in safety and fabrication technology of high economic economy with future LWR, highly efficient in efficiency, and demonstration of extended resource utilization, reduced environmental fuel burnup and fuel cycle technology burden high nonproliferation
Development and manufacturing of equipment that our country shares, and promotion of the prototype reactor design by Fusion energy developed in international the wide approach carried out by cooperating cooperation : The ITER project with ITER, based on the schedule that internationally agreed with the aim of ITER completion and starting operation Science-based technology to "visualize" the manufacturing process, leading to further evolution in Japan's manufacturing Development of Japan's original measurement and analysis technologies and equipment based on the technologies such as 3-D visualization of nano-level materials structure, high-resolution active analysis, and Innovative equipment for high-precision quantitative analysis in order measurement and analysis and to build the foundation of next-generation processing technology that will meet manufacturing technology. the needs in manufacturing fields. Improvement of the added-value of strong industrial technology such as automobile and information appliances by using MEMS technology, and strengthen the international competitiveness of Japan's manufacturing. Process innovation for manufacturing in order to overcome constraints relating to resources, the environment, and population, to be tackled as Japan's flagship project Realization of robots that can work in collaboration with human beings in Innovative manufacturing processes manufacturing sites, release the specifications of the construction machines improve the using robots, suitable for a society safety and labor productivity of construction with a declining birthrate. sites, and can reduce the supplementary work by humans.
Demonstration of the burning plasma through construction and operation of ITER and the incorporated wide approach Consolidation of core plasma technology and nuclear fusion engineering necessary for the prototype reactor construction.
MONODZUKURI (Manufacturing) Technology
Strengthening Japan's international competitiveness of manufacturing, and by contributing greatly to the progress of S&T, while improving the domestic share of advanced measurement analysis equipment by using world's leading next-generation measurement analysis technology. Achievement of the "visualization" of phenomena or problems, secure the reliability of products and the safety of products and workers by means of the advancement of the measurement and analysis technologies that contribute to the development of sensing technology, etc.
Development of a work environment where women and elderly people can participate in manufacturing, achieve the safety and comfortable work sites by utilizing world's highest measurement technology, information technology, and robotics technology.
MONODZUKURI (Manufacturing) Technology
Establishment of production technology such Establishment of the production process as industrial material from recyclable material technology of useful material that utilizes Innovative manufacturing processes such as biomass by the utilization of micro- biotechnology, and aim to form a recycling-based society harmonious with the environment by using biotechnology. organism functions establishing the basis for super-efficient Establishment of efficient dissolution and treatment technology of waste and pollutants. production technology of dissolution. Development of iron making processes that utilize the waste heat of ironworks, chemical engineering processes that help energy and resource savings, and efficient energy use technologies such as thermoelectric conversion in order to contribute to measures against global warming such as CO2 emission from the production process. Realization of functional materials that can sufficiently cope with uncertain risks by going a step ahead of the international environmental regulations. Achievement of green processing of material production.
Development of a design support system that takes into account the lifecycle of products Energy saving in the manufacturing related to the manufacturing industry, reduce process. energy loss in the production process through such system, and achieve energy-saving.
Development and standardization of 3R Manufacturing technology designed design/ production/maintenance technology, for the effective use of resources and elimination technology of recycling inhibitory in design/production phase, management that is environmentally-friendly. technology of useful or hazardous substances.
Society that Contributes Significantly to Resolving Global Environmental Issues Strategically prioritized S&T areas Highily reliable space transportation system Development , production and launch of the H-II A launch vehicle Continuous launches of the H2A launch vehicles and achievement of succes rate over 90% (in more than 20 launches ). S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Development and operation of the H2B launch vehicle that is capable to transport the satellites The H-II B launch vehicle (upgrade to geostationary transfer orbit 8 tons ) and HTV. version of the H-IIA launch Establishing the H2B launch vehicle as the world highest level by continuous transport to the capacity) international space station Development of the H- Transfer Vehicle (HTV) as Japan's original supplier to the international space station Steady operation as an autaonomic transportation Development of the LNG propulsion system which can be an alternative future transportation system and execution of flight demonstration, leading to appropriate technology transfer to private sector
Frontier
The H-
Transfer Vehicle (HTV)
Flight demonstration of LNG propulsion system Development of basic design technology on the next generation transportation system ( the GX launch vehicle )
Shortening of delivery period, improvement of reliability and cost reduction by shortening the time from order to launch
Improvement of reliability of launch vehicle technology such as the engine performance by Improvement of reliability program ( means of accumulation of experiences and research on highily reliable design for the puorpose transportation system ) of the achievement of more than 90% success in H2A launches Enhancement of satellite technology for high reliability and sophiscated function Development and partial operation of the earth observation sensors ( ASTER,PALSAR,DPR, cloud radar, etc. ). Development of a system to analyze and provide the acquired data Establishment and ground demonstration of more accurate observation of carbon dioxyde density Demonstration of the following technologies; precipitation distribution observation by GPM,EarthCARE, etc., observation of vertical distribution of aerosol and cloud, and more accurate carbon dioxide density by the lider Contribution to the global environmental problems with the technologies stated above by improving their accuracy
Remote sensing technology ( Hyperspectral sencing technology )
Reliability improvement program ( satellite-related)
Improvement of reliability of satellite bus technology, electronic technology for the space devices, and fundamental technology of mechanical elements by means of advanced examinations and additional back-up equipments, etc..
Space Environment Reliability Verification Integrated System (SERVIS) Frontier
Cost reduction ( by about 1/2 1/3 ) in satellite parts with SERVIS to increase the market share in the space equipment industry
Next generation offshore exploration technology Establishment of 7000 meter-deep drilling technology by the deep sea drilling vessel (Chikyu) Utilization of Chikyu for seismic obsevation, reserch on microbes in the earth crust, and material exploration
Development of the most advanced deep sea drilling technology in the world ( Chikyu )
Search and collection of microbes in the earth crust in order to know the past global environment and its change, the origin of the life, and the evolutions of the life
Development of elemental and integrating technologies necessary to extend the navigation of Development of the next generation the unmanned deep sea servey ship, to improve the precise deep-sea survey, and to explore in the deep sea exploration technology most deepest sea in the world
Ocean platform technology
Research and development on the ocean platform.
Development of elemental technologies; stable floating structure ,reliability improvement, mooring, etc. to realize the ocean platform on which facilities such as windmills can work
Society that is Open to the World Strategically prioritized S&T areas Development of the world's leading "Next Generation Super Computer" for science & technologies Technologies to obtain required information at proper cost by accessing networks Super-minute, low-power, design and processing technologies to go through global competition of next generation semiconductor development Realization of commonality and standardization of technology specification (28 items) for equipment certification and copyright management, to ensure interconnection and operability of the home information appliances. Development of home informative appliances middleware technologies that realize the user-friendly human interface including multi-lingual speech recognition, and use intention and environment understanding. Preparation and utilization of intellectual infrastructure at the world's top level to consider users' convenience. S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
System-on-a chip technology and embedded software technology
Core technologies for displays, storages and super-high-speed devices to be at the top-level of the world Realization of the high-efficient inverter by Realization of energy-saving IT utilization, by high-efficient, functional the 10W/cm3-grade power devices. Realization of the high frequency device of device and design technologies including power devices and high frequency devices. 350GHz class. Realization of the energy-saving and rich society where the contents watching and listening in the high-resolution large-screen are provided by the next generation display system using high-efficient display & light emitting device by innovative materials, etc. Realization of the stereoscopic image communications by the development of super reality system that cannot easily identify the real or the virtual.
Non-silicon devices
Realization of low power display. Construction of the stereoscopic image systems where the image changes without glasses same as watching real things by the Next-generation display technology observation position and the focus adjustment including organic display of the eye is possible. Establishment of modeling and interface technology of recognition with five senses that exceed visual and auditory sense. Software-development supporting technologies aiming at the world standard
Establishment of the next generation open-architecture and its Enhancing information search and analysis technologies for text, image, speech, and development basis that enables video media on web and on non-web. problem-solving and competitive international services
Society that is Open to the World Strategically prioritized S&T areas Next-generation network technologies that can transfer the huge amount of information instantaneously, and can be used conveniently and comfortably, by every one Upgrading of the processing ability to about 10,000 times. Realization of stable all-optical High-speed, high-capacity, and lowEstablishment of automatic network communication networks with the ultra-low power networks that can flexibly reconstruction technology that can power even in communication traffic that transmit super high-quality visual autonomously realize adequate network with increases more and more. contents less than 1/100 time from now regardless of types of information in obstruction. Content creation technologies and information analysis technologies that enable us to share emotion with people all over the world Construction of a super hi-precision image system and a glassless three-dimensional Establishment of super hi-precision image image presentation system. communication by seamless super-realistic Establishment of infrastructure to Establishment of SD-level three-dimensional technologies between the virtual and the share emotion with people included image capture, presentation, and real world. communication technologies, or establishment of these for "natural vision.'' Establishment of non-verval communication Development of user friendly human interface for multi-language speech recognition technology. recongnition technology and so on. Establishment of multi-language speech recognition-systhesis technology, and natural Realization of standard-conversation-level multi-language imterpretation. language semantics analysis technology. Establishment of basic technology of brain information communication for brain data decoding analysys. S&T goals by 2010 (During the 3rd S&T Basic Plan S&T goals after 2011 After 4th S&T Basic Plan
Realization of multi-international super communication
Realization of brain-based "enhanced" human interface
Development of primitive communication system using brain information.
Huge accumulation of information and its utilization
Enhancing information search and analysis technologies for text, image, speech, and video media on web and on non-web.
Nanotechnology /Materials
Development of high-speed and Cutting-edge electronics that exceeds the multifunctional devices with low power limitations of the performance of devices. consumption.
Development of new device which outperforms the conventional operation principle of the semiconductor.
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Refers to the R&D support system for venture firms, which is similar to the Small Business Innovation Research of the United States

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Brazil, Russia, India and China

Clinical research and trials for developing new medical care

Elucidating the structure/function/interaction of genome, RNA, proteins, sugarchains and metabolomes

Robots supporting life at home and in town

Development of advanced ubiquitous devices Information and Communications

Ubiquitous security platform

Fusion of technical challenges

Information and Communications

Sophistication of information security technologies.

Minimizing ratio for people who feel fear of utilizing IT technology.

Minimizing ratio for people who feel fear of utilizing IT technology.

Production and supply of safe and foods with international competitiveness

Genome research for foods and environment

Information and Communications

Hyper-fine process technologies for CMOS-LSI

Realization of energy-saving IT utilization, by high-efficient, functional device and design technologies.

Platform for intellectual property rights or efficient use/reuse of design resources

Information and Communications

Robots for saf

Information and Communications

Cooperative control of among 10 billions terminals

Dependable secure-networks that adapt to user's requirements

Ubiquitous network platform to asist creative life

Ubiquitous-oriented network development

Information and Communications

Development of advanced ubiquitous devices

Ubiquitous security platform

Sophistication of information security-oriented technologies.

Advanced earthquake observation technology

Technology to use disaster monitoring satellites

Technology to quickly promote disaster mitigation

Integrated management for land preservation

Disaster mitigation technology featuring social science

Technology for reinforcement of on-site rescue efforts

On-site detechtion technology of hazardous materials

Crime prevention technology

Innovative technology of social capital management

Renewal technology of urban environment

Advanced, preventive safety technology for traffic and transportation

Development of creative highlytalented human resources

Information and Communications

Robots supporting life at home and in town

Robots for safe and comfortable

RT system cooperated integration technology

Information and Communications

Sophisticated technologies of RT module

Higher-reliable, safer, and more secure embedded software development technology

Realization of multi-international super communication

Realization of brain-based "enhanced" human interface

Information and Communications

Renewal technology of urban environment

Domestic production technology of aircraft satisfying new demand

R&D for the prevention, diagnosis, and remedy of infectious disease

Applying bio-function to the production of useful materials

Applying bio-function to the development of eco-friendly technology

Preservation and maintainance of bio-resource

R&D to establish an integrated life science database

R&D on standardization in life sciences

Low power technology from devices to the system

Robot for advanced manufacturing

Development of alternative technology to substitute the functions concerning rare metals.

Advanced housing- and building-related technology that realize energy-efficient life